Words like "wizardry" and "incantation" have long been used to describe skillful computational feats. But neither computers nor their users are performing feats of magic; for systems to think, we must tell them how.
Today, users most often follow a carefully choreographed workflow that thinks for them, limited by a narrow set of premeditated possibilities. But there exist concepts that offer virtually no limits on freedom of expression or thought, blurring the distinction between "user" and "programmer."
This session demonstrates a range of practical possibilities when a machine acts as an extension of the user's imagination, for the technical and nontechnical alike.
Speakers: Mike Gerwitz